The data black hole at the center of AI
Dwarkesh Podcast
Jun 19
The data black hole at the center of AI
The data black hole at the center of AI

Dwarkesh Podcast
Jun 19
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Read the transcript here.
Thanks to Mercury for sponsoring this essay!
Mercury just released a new feature called Command, which gives me AI right in my banking platform. And since I use Mercury to run basically my entire business, Command has access to all the info it needs to get real work done. I can ask it to send invoices, or categorize expenses, or even transfer money… and Command just handles it. Learn more at mercury.com/command
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) – What is really driving AI progress?
(00:03:11) – Comparing human vs AI sample efficiency
(00:08:46) – Does sample efficiency matter?
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